MStar breaks into Nokia supply chain, says report

Newswatch - Feb 8, 14:55

IC design house MStar Semiconductor reportedly has entered the supply chain of Nokia with its 2G baseband chips, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report....

NFC chips to buoy MStar 2012 revenues

Jan 31, 01:10

MStar Semiconductor expects new orders for chips used in near field communication (NFC) enabled phones to buoy its sales performance in 2012. Company chairman Wayne Liang has forecast...

ALi raises 4Q11 sales forecast

Dec 22, 01:00

Consumer IC design house ALi has revised its guidance for the fourth quarter of 2011 expecting its consolidated revenues to increase 13-17% sequentially. This is a revision from previous...

MediaTek, Spreadtrum, MStar sharing China market of handset chips

Dec 13, 01:10

Taiwan-based IC design house MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor and China-based fellow company Spreadtrum Communications are sharing the market demand for handset chips, according to...

MStar reports on-year revenue growth for November

Newswatch - Dec 9, 16:06

MStar Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.25 billion (US$107.7 million) for November, down 4.4% on month but up 6.5% on year, according to a company filing the...

Short lead-time orders from China buoying revenues for IC design firms

Nov 28, 13:40

Taiwan-based fabless IC firms have received an influx of short lead-time orders from clients in China recently, according to industry sources. The pull-in of orders, mainly for smartphones...

China market: 2.5G handset chipset prices falling

Nov 24, 10:41

Prices for 2.5G handset chipsets have slipped more than 10% in the fourth quarter of 2011, and will continue to fall at the same rate in first-quarter 2012 due to continued oversupply...

Toshiba adopts MStar-developed HbbTV solution

Nov 15, 09:42

MStar Semiconductor has announced its HbbTV (hybrid broadcast broadband TV) solution has been selected for Toshiba's new TL and RL smart TV series, which are being released across...

MStar taping out 3.75G handset solutions in 4Q11

Nov 9, 14:38

Taiwan-based IC design house MStar Semiconductor will begin to tape out 3.75G handset solutions supporting TD-SCDMA and CDMA technologies soon with end market devices to hit the market...

Intel turns away from TV chips, says IHS

Nov 1, 12:11

With little room left to maneuver in the tough TV system-on-chip (SoC) market central to the ambitious Google TV initiative, Google partner Intel is quietly reshuffling resources...

MStar, ALi September revenues up; Novatek, Richtek revenues down

Oct 7, 13:39

IC design houses MStar Semiconductor and ALi have reported strong sales for September as fellow companies Novatek Microelectronics and Richtek Technology have suffered a sequential...

MStar, Ali, Novtek benefiting from growing demand for STB chips in emerging markets

Oct 4, 13:46

Taiwan IC design house MStar Semiconductor, ALi and Novatek Microelectronics are expected to receive increasing orders for set-top box (STB) chips due to growing demand in emerging...

MediaTek, MStar may benefit if Broadcom quits TV chip production

Sep 28, 11:54

Broadcom reportedly plans to call it quits from the chip market for TVs and Blu-ray players due to low gross margins and return on equity (ROE) generated from the product lines –...

Taiwan-based IC design houses upbeat for 4Q11 and 2012 outlook

Sep 26, 12:46

Taiwan-based IC design houses are positive about the outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011 as well as for 2012 due to increasing popularity of low-priced consumer electronics products,...

IC packaging house Sigurd lands large volume orders for 4Q11, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 22, 14:47

IC packaging and testing house Sigurd Microelectronics is expected to see its revenues grow 10% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2011 due to increasing orders from four major...

MediaTek, MStar, Global Unichip to hike 3Q11 revenues goals

Sep 20, 13:55

Taiwan-based IC design houses MediaTek, MStar Semiconductor and Global Unichip are expected to upwardly adjust their respective projected revenues for the third quarter of 2011 due...

Handset solution vendors competing neck and neck in 3G smartphone market in China

Sep 13, 15:12

Demand for smartphone solutions in emerging markets, particularly in China, is gaining momentum, pushing chipset vendors to compete neck and neck to grab a large piece for the growing...

MStar reports sequential gains in August revenues

Newswatch - Sep 9, 10:54

MStar Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$3.154 billion (US$109 million) for August 2011, up 17.4% sequentially but down 1.5% on year.

MediaTek August sales likely to grow over 10% sequentially

Sep 2, 01:15

MediaTek's consolidated revenues will likely rebound to over NT$8 billion (US$276 million) in August, up more than 10% on month, according to market watchers. The fabless IC firm...

Shipments of smart TV and STB IC solutions to remain strong in 2H11

Aug 29, 17:01

Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, MStar Semiconductor, Novatek Microelectronics and ALi, are expected to see their shipments of IC solutions for smart TVs and set-top...

MStar wins 3D TV chip order from Skyworth, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 23, 16:56

IC design house MStar Semiconductor has landed orders of single-chip solutions for 3D TVs from China-based Skyworth, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...

MediaTek, MStar, Spreadtrum looking to 5-10% revenue gains in 3Q11

Aug 18, 10:38

Handset solution vendors MediaTek, MStar Semiconductor and Spreadtrum Communications all still maintain their guidance for a 5-10% growth in revenues for the third quarter of 2011...

Taiwan handset PCB and chipset vendors hail Google acquisition of Motorola

Aug 17, 17:04

Taiwan-based handset PCB and chipsets makers have applauded Google's announcement of acquiring Motorola Mobility, expecting that a growing Android mobile device market will help boost...

MStar reports flat revenues for July

Newswatch - Aug 11, 13:48

MStar Semiconductor has announced consolidated net sales of NT$2.687 billion (US$93 million) for July 2011, up 0.5% sequentially but down 1.3% on year.

MStar announces net income of over NT$1.5 billion for 2Q11

Newswatch - Aug 10, 15:43

MStar Semiconductor has announced consolidated revenues of NT$8.35 billion (US$289 million) and net income of NT$1.51 billion for the second quarter of 2011. It also announced that...

Qualcomm likely to slash 30% off entry-level 3G solutions in next 9-12 months, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 16, 15:31

Qualcomm is likely to slash its prices for 3G smartphone solutions by 30% in the next 9-12 months in order to prevent other chipset makers from grabbing its share in the entry-level...

MStar likely to be dethroned from top TV solution ranking position

May 31, 14:11

MStar Semiconductor, currently the world's largest vendor of TV chips, is expected to be dethroned from its top-ranking position due to recent advancement in sales gained by rivals...

MediaTek, MStar reiterate sales guidance for 2Q11

May 20, 01:05

MediaTek and MStar Semiconductor have reiterated their previous respective guidances for the second quarter of 2011 despite speculation that the China government's crackdown on gray-market...

Handset 2.5G solution market likely to set in price war in late May

May 17, 16:05

The global 2.5G handset solution market is likely see price competition after China-based IC vendor Spreadtrum Communications releases its new 2.5G solution, the SC6610, later in...

MStar sales may grow 6% in 2Q11

May 11, 11:07

Fabless IC firm MStar Semiconductor expects its consolidated revenues to grow by up to 6% sequentially in the second quarter of 2011, while gross margin will stay flat at 40-42%....

Baseband processors still essential, says Petrov Group

May 3, 17:02

With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones application processors are in the limelight, but another group of mobile processors, basebands, deserve attention too, according...

MStar to see 1Q11 EPS higher than MediaTek

Apr 14, 01:00

MStar Semiconductor is likely to post an EPS higher than that of fellow company MediaTek for the first quarter of 2011, according to industry sources.

MStar to buy back outstanding shares as treasury stocks

Mar 22, 01:00

MStar Semiconductor on May 21 announced that its board has approved plans to repurchase 4,003 lots of outstanding shares as treasury stock at an average price of NT$240.03 (US$8.11)...